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Zines

This is a listing of my zines, made and distributed by me. Ordering info is at the bottom of the page.

2015

An Hour Ago / An Hour From Now
Celia Perez & I made a split (really a joint) zine in the manner of Vanessa Berry & Katie Haegele's Winter Here / Summer Here. We each asked the other a dozen questions and responded to them. "Tell me something that got away,""What three questions would you like to ask your mom? What's stopping you?" stuff like that. Celia and I have been friends for sixteen years. We know one another pretty well, but there are still some mysteries.
quarter size, 28 pages, $2

The Authority of Doctor Who
For your double dork pleasure, this fanzine is comprised of messages from an email thread on the AUTOCAT discussion list about whether an authority record should reference Doctor Who (Fictitious character) or The Doctor (Fictitious character).
half size, 7 pages, $1

2014

Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout-Out and Reading Log,

2014
The Shout-Out is 34 pages and includes essays about my trip to Haiti, college memories, and protests, guest post explaining the Kardashians and what school librarians do, and journal entries. The reading log, which reviews my top ten favorite books and zines I read over the last year is 14 pages. Both are digest size. Only the reading log is available to you if you are related to me or work with me.

Send a donation, for a copy. Proceeds will go to SAKALA. (Don't be creeped out by their affiliation with a religious organization. It's not like that. Plus, Haiti is massively Catholic, so that's how they roll.)

2013
My 2013 Winter Solstice Shout-Out and Reading Log.

The Shout-Out is 48 half-size pages long and is about work, mental health and aging and also has a bunch of lists that as often as not feature photos of my cats and spouse. The spouse also contributed "What a First Time Marathoner Does."

The Reading Log contains reviews of my favorite books and zines from December 2012-November 2013. It's 32 pages long and may also sport a photo of a cat.

The pair of them were mad expensive to copy and send, so I'm afraid the price is $4 in person and $5 through the mail.

Kale Enhanced is a 6-hour zine I made at International Zine Library Day at Barnard. It's six quarter-size pages long and hand illustrated. It's basically about how boring I am. You can have it for any kind of trade or a stamp.

2012

That's my 2012 Winter Solstice Shout-Out and Reading Log.

The former is 36 digest size pages and includes edited journal entries, "What a Prop Person Does" by Lisa Nagid, essays about college and hand-dominance, "live" tweets of a bat mitzvah and a list or two (band names!).

In the 24-page reading log I include reviews of 15 books and zines I read in 2012 and recommend highly, plus an account of my non-adventures during superstorm Sandy.

The pair are $3 or possibly a trade (please ask first) and are only available to people I am not related to and don't work with. If you fall into either of those categories, I will gladly give you the reading log for free.

Lower East Side Librarian & Friends Menstruating: Librarians and Archivists Keep the Information Flowing. It's half-legal size and 48 pages long with essays, comics and a collage about all things menstrual.

2011
The Shout Out and Reading Log are bound separately. The latter includes reviews of my favorite books and zines I read in 2011. The former is a whinefest about getting older, having a hard time transitioning to a new job, and being sick of NYC. There are journal entries, a list that explains what is so bad about my cat Bad Bad Leroy Brown, two blog posts and contributed essays called What an Occupy Wall Street Librarian Does by Betsy Fagin and Dayenu by Milo Miller. Nicole Martin contributed the OWSL illustration.
The Shout-Out is 54 pages, and the Reading Log is 38 pages. Both are 1/4 legal size and are sold together for $2 unless you are related to me, in which case you are only eligible for the Reading Log.

It's 24 half-legal pages and chronicles the 9-city zine tour I participated in during the summer of 2011 and costs $2.

2010

The Shout-Out and Reading Log are bound separately. Each is quarter-legal size.
The Shout-Out is 46 pages and contains
essays: on social awkwardness, aging, television watching, work, death and family, participating in a home birth
lists: places least likely to find me and things I love
the Facebook 15 authors thing
illustrations: stick figure drawings by me, a contributed drawing by Marissa Falco, "What an Audiovisual Archivist Does" comic by Nicole Martin (who also drew the cover), map of my neighborhood
a piece on marginalia by Rhonda Kauffman
Half size, 35 pages. $2 (comes with Reading Log unless you're related to me, in which case you can't have the Shout-Out)

The Reading Log is comprised of my favorite 12 book and zine reads of the year.

2009
The Shout-Out and Reading Log are separate, but attached. They're both half-size with purple covers.
The Reading Log includes reviews of my favorite 20 book and zine reads of the year.
The Shout-Out has quotes of the year, journal entries, an essay on sexuality, a cats are better than kids list, a day in the life of a librarian, a day in the life of a cat, an zine libraries conference report back, resolutions, thanks and no thanks.
The illustrations are a kind of photograph tracing, and there are some free hand illustrations, as well.

Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out 2008

Contents:
Journal entries
Essay by Emily Drabinski on Gay Marriage
Essay by Chris Dodge, "What an Indexer Does"
Things I am thankful for
Things that are not cat toys
I feel secure when
Guilty secrets
Essay on being vegan
Tribute to Partners the cat
Zine quotes